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ORGANIZER
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WUCA provide Organizing Assistance to event organisers who can join WUCA at no cost

OFFICIAL
$20

Access our online training for officials to become a World Record Officiator

ATHLETE
$45

Get unlimited access to the WUCA Forum, Record submissions, and 10 yearly challenges

If you sign up after Oct 1, you’ll get membership for the remainder of this year and all of next year.
WUCA
WORLD ULTRACYCLING ASSOCIATION
WUCA is the global, non-profit organization setting the standards for excellence and accomplishment in ultracycling. We invite anyone who rides a bike to be part of Ultracycling – any gender, any age, and any bicycle type.
GLOBAL REACH
WUCA is a recognized sanctioning body for ultracyling events
WUCA holds the world’s largest repository of ultracycling records
WUCA is an official consultant to Guinness World Records

Set a Time, Distance or Point to Point record (cross-country, cross-state, capital-to-capital, or circumnavigation), or other special cateory! The World Ultra Cycling Association recognizes records by gender, age, and bike type. Records may also be set by solo bicycle riders, tandem cyclists and 2,4 or 8-person relay teams. Record setters receive a WUCA certificate and an option to purchase a plaque.

Learn more

Setting a record requires dedicated training, careful organization, effective pacing, and management of logistics during the event.
You can find all the information necessary for you to attempt a WUCA Record including links to all of the necessary forms and the rules here.

Main Categories
Cross County │ Cross State or Territory │ Specialized Point-to-Point │ Circumnavigation │ Weekly, Monthly, and Yearly TTs

Road, Track and Velodrome Categories
6, 12, & 24 hour categories │ Metric and English distances from 100 to 1000 (Miles or Km)

Age Groups
<18 │ 14-49 │ 50-59 │ 60-69 │ 70-74 │ 75-79 │ 80+

Special
Handicap │ Supported │ Unsupported │ Virtual

Bike Types
Upright (std or TT) │ 2, 3, or 4 wheel recumbent │ 2, 3, or 4 wheel HPV │ Unicycle │ Elliptigo │ Handcycle │ Penny Farthing │ Unconventional

Gender
Male Solo │ Female Solo │ Other

Teams
Male │ Female │ Mixed │ 2x │ 4x │ 8x

CHALLENGES

All WUCA Challenges:

  • Riders must be active members to participate and view results
  • All members are automatically entered in all challenges.
  • WUCA presents a physical award to the top male and female for each Challenge

All WUCA Challenges except Year Rounder:

  • Age group and Bike type category winners for all challenges
  • All events must be on the WUCA calendar
  • A successful record attempt may be used for one of your events

YEAR ROUNDER CHALLENGE 2024

A year-long mileage challenge recognizing consistent performance throughout the season in centuries, double centuries, and other long rides.

WUCA 12-HOUR CHALLENGE 2024

The total mileage from a rider’s best 3 12-hour races during the calendar year will determine the Overall Male and Female Champs.

WUCA 24-HOUR CHALLENGE 2024

The total mileage from a rider’s best 3 24-hour races during the calendar year will determine the Overall Male and Female Champs.

WUCA ULTRA-DISTANCE CHALLENGE 2024

The average speed a rider’s 2 fastest races of at least 500 miles (or 750km) long will determine the Overall Male and Female Champs.

At the pinnacle of competitive ultra-cycling, the World Cup is the competition for racers who want to be recognised as the best ultra-cyclist in the world.

World Cup competitors must complete a minimum of four events:

• One 12-hour event

• One 24-hour event

• One event of 750-1,500km

• One event of 1,500-3,000km OR one of 3,000+km

2024 MALE AND FEMALE
EUROPEAN AND NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS
Male and Female winners of each event receive a custom WUCA Jersey

12 HOURS TIMED

Mid-Atlanitc Ultra 12-hr
Cro-Ultra 12hr (Croatia)

24 HOURS TIMED

Psycho 48 (Bayboro, NC)
Cro-Ultra 24hr (Croatia)

ULTRA DISTANCE

HooDoo 500 (Utah)
Race Across Italy (Italy)
Contact us if you would like your event to be considered for next year